City of Oakland safety record at a glance
City of Oakland has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 8, 2000 and Jun 23, 2025. 11 of them were complaint inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 44 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $90,825 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $42,770. The largest single penalty, $18,750, came from an inspection opened Mar 13, 2024 in Oakland. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,997 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Oakland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2025 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,910 | open |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Oakland | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | $1,275 | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Oakland | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,750 $23,625 proposed | Jul 22, 2024 |
| May 12, 2022 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 5, 2022 |
| Jan 19, 2017 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $400 proposed | May 26, 2017 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $935 proposed | Mar 22, 2013 |
| Apr 4, 2012 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 13, 2012 |
| Mar 10, 2011 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 19, 2011 |
| Jan 6, 2010 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 9 citations 2 serious | $11,330 $31,520 proposed | Dec 11, 2012 |
| Dec 9, 2008 | Oakland | Complaint | 5 citations | $3,060 $5,160 proposed | Oct 20, 2010 |
| Oct 1, 2008 | Oakland | Referral | 1 citation | $560 | Jan 14, 2009 |
| Sep 3, 2008 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 20, 2008 |
| Dec 27, 2007 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 31, 2008 |
| Jul 14, 2003 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 11, 2003 |
| Jun 24, 2003 | Oakland | Accident | 3 citations | $525 | Oct 24, 2003 |
| Aug 21, 2002 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Apr 19, 2002 | Oakland | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,335 $6,970 proposed | Jun 21, 2006 |
| Oct 12, 2001 | Oakland | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $2,700 $11,615 proposed | Oct 6, 2006 |
| Apr 13, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | 3 citations | $450 $4,310 proposed | Apr 19, 2002 |
| Aug 10, 2000 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 2, 2000 |
| May 8, 2000 | Oakland | Complaint | 5 citations | $875 $2,020 proposed | Oct 24, 2001 |
Also recorded as: City of Oakland - Police Department; City of Oakland - Fire Department; City of Oakland (Public Works); City of Oakland - Financial Services; City of Oakland - Equipment Shop; City of Oakland dba Oakland Police Dept; City of Oakland - Oakland Police Department; City of Oakland - Business Tax; City of Oakland - Equipment and Maintenance Facility; City of Oakland - Public Works Agency; City of Oakland - Parks and Recreation; City of Oakland - Oakland Fire Department.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 8 citations, 2 serious, $6,930
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 7 citations, $2,285
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 4 citations, $3,060
- 8 CCR 5110, Repetitive Motion Injuries: 4 citations, $1,300
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 3 citations
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,275
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 3424, Mobile Equipment: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at City of Oakland
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 4, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.